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Associations between Inattention, Hyperactivity and Pre-Reading Skills before and after Formal Reading Instruction Begins
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Dittman, Cassandra K. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2016
Concurrent associations between teacher ratings of inattention, hyperactivity and pre-reading skills were examined in 64 pre-schoolers who had not commenced formal reading instruction and 136 school entrants who were in the first weeks of reading instruction. Both samples of children completed measures of pre-reading skills, namely phonological…
Descriptors: Attention Span, Hyperactivity, Reading Skills, Beginning Reading
Learning Disability and Hyperactivity: Deficits in Selective Attention.
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Copeland, Anne P.; Wisniewski, Nadine M. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1981
Performance on tasks of memory and of attention was consistently interrelated for nonlearning disabled children and less consistently so for learning disabled subjects. Hyperactivity was also related to poorer performance on the cognitive measures. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention Span, Children, Elementary Education
Incidental Learning, Distraction, and Sustained Attention in Hyperactive and Control Subjects.
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Aman, Michael G.; Turbott, Sarah H. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 1986
Thirty-two hyperactive children (ages 5-11) and 32 controls were tested on (1) a component selection task, measuring serial memory and incidental learning and (2) a cancellation task, assessing attentional variables and distractibility. It was concluded that a deficit in sustained attention and impulsivity best described the group differences.…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Attention Span, Cognitive Style, Conceptual Tempo
Concept Learning in Hyperactive and Normal Children
Freibergs, Vaira; Douglas, Virginia I. – J Abnorm Psychol, 1969
Research supported by U.S. Public Health Grant No. 293-60 to D.O. Hebb and Grant No. 298-3980 of the Medical Research Council of Canada to Virginia I. Douglas. Part of a PhD thesis submitted to McGill University (Friebergs, 1965).
Descriptors: Attention Span, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Educational Environment
Treatment Effects of Methylphenidate on Cognitive Functioning in Children with Mental Retardation and ADHD
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Pearson, Deborah A.; Santos, Cynthia W.; Casat, Charles D.; Lane, David M.; Jerger, Susan W.; Roache, John D.; Loveland, Katherine A.; Lachar, David; Faria, Laura P.; Payne, Christa D.; Cleveland, Lynne A. – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2004
Objective: Cognitive effects of stimulant medication were investigated in children with mental retardation (MR) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Method: Performance on tasks tapping sustained attention, visual and auditory selective attention, inhibition, and immediate memory was assessed for 24 children (mean age 10.9 years)…
Descriptors: Stimulants, Mental Retardation, Inhibition, Hyperactivity